title: [Chronic viral hepatitis in St.Petersburg].
abstract: Morbidity data on chronic viral hepatitis including cirrhotic stages of disease and lethality indexes in St. Petersburg are provided. The necessity of isolation in ICD- 10 and statistical accounting of chronic viral hepatitis diagnosis with outcome into cirrhosis (cirrhotic stage) is shown. During use of viral etiology liver cirrhosis diagnosis the disease is registered in the structure of liver diseases which does not allow to have data on unfavorable outcomes of chronic viral hepatitis and for complete morbidity accounting.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rakhmanova
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Iakovlev
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Tsinzerling
mesh_terms: D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D019701:Hepatitis D, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D003698:Hepatitis Delta Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000821:virology*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016019:Survival Analysis